Novel approaches to the treatment of intracerebral haemorrhage

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 457-465

  Staykov, Dimitre ^a   Huttner, Hagen B ^a   Köhrmann, Martin ^a   Bardutzky, Juergen ^a   Schellinger, Peter D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM MINDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral oedema; Haematoma evacuation; Hypothermia; Intracerebral haemorrhage; Intraventricular fibrinolysis; Intraventricular haemorrhage; Lumbar drainage; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ARGATROBAN; DEFEROXAMINE; PLACEBO; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE;

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMATOMA; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DRAINAGE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; THROMBECTOMY;

EID: 78149484643     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2010.00487.x     Document Type: Review

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